Wishlist Wednesday 1

@Bunnitaz #wishlistwednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Except for me I'm just changing this to books I want to read and/or own.

From Barnes and Noble:

Overview
The ultimate action-fueled end-of-the-world conspiracy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author D.J. MacHale

THEY CAME FROM THE SKY
parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce’s idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine.

They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO’s commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world.

Tucker believes there’s more to SYLO’s story. He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that travel like shadows through the night sky. He tasted the Ruby—and experienced the powers it gave him—for himself.

What all this means, SYLO isn’t saying. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery.

LOOK TO THE SKY
because Pemberwick is only the first stop.

Ides of March 13th – 17th Read-a-thon

To help those doing the month long challenge Take Control of Your TBR Pile and for those who just want to participate for a few days and knock out some of those books piling up. To count towards the participation prize you must read a book published before March 1, 2014. This is an easy stressfree read-a-thon. Enter challenges, clean-up your TBR pile and make a few friends. If you would like to host a challenge please contact me!

Rules

• The event kicks of at 12:01 am on March 13th in your time zone and ends at 12:00 midnight on March 17th.
• Link up below. You do not need a blog to participate. You can use your Goodreads account, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Tumblr etc.
• Join for one day or the entire time..it is up to you.
• Must post either start-up post or wrap-up post to qualify and participate in at least one challenge. (around time of event) for participant giveaway.
• Earn extra entries for participant giveaway for each challenge you participate in.
• Earn an extra entry for reading one of the following: a book from your TBR pile published before March 1, 2014
• Extra entries for sharing, adding button and following challenge hosts
• Have fun!
• Tweet your progress using #TBRreadathon (optional)
• Twitter Party – Sunday March 16, 2014  4pm (EST) to 5 pm. Chat about books and win some swag.

My Books:

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Take Control of You TBR Pile March 2014

It’s Time to Take Control of Your TBR Pile. Caffeinated Book Reviewer so excited to be hosting this challenge again and wish you all the best of luck. It is not to late to join, just follow the rules below and sign-up with the linky HERE.
There will be a read-a-thon mid-month called the Ides of March to help you reach your goals and give you a chance to win additional prizes. You can sign up here.

Rules

• Link-up! This is open to everyone. If you do not have a blog then link your Facebook or Goodreads account.
• Make a Goals/updates/Results post (can be combined) post on blog/facebook/goodreads
• Beginning March 1st, 2014 and ending March 31, 2014 at midnight read books from your TBR pile ALL books must have been published before March 2014. (if you have an ARC with a publish date before 3/14 than it is acceptable.)
• Post a review to Goodreads, your blog or Facebook then link it to the giveaway form for an entry. (review only needs to be a short one)
• You can combine events, challenges etc.
• No novellas for this one peeps
• The rafflecopter will allow you to enter up to two books daily, so update as soon as you finish a book.
• Earn an extra entry for adding Take Control Button to your blog, or facebook (with link-back)
• Use hashtag #TakeControlTBR
• Rafflecopter will close on April 2, 2014 at midnight and a winner will be chosen. Open internationally as long as Book Depository, Barnes and Noble or Amazon ship to you. Prize: New 2014 release. I will do pre-orders as well. (may request eBook copy) Max. prize value of book 20.00 US dollars

He Love Me, He Loves You Not by Mychea

Money is King by Nicety

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

He Loves Me, He Loves You Not by Mychea

#NewReleaseTuesday #BingoReadingChallenge #MonthlyKeyWordReadingChallenge #MonthlyMotifChallenge
Kindle Edition 222 pgs est.
rating 4 stars (3.6)

From Goodreads:
It's been years since their parents were murdered. Twin sisters Shia and Leigh are trying to readjust to life, while caring for their baby sister Remi. With the exception of Leigh s angry, dramatic mood swings every now and then, everything seems to be going great. That is until Demetri; the mysterious stranger enters their midst, and falls right in the path of the newly single Shia. After dating Trent for so long, she is looking for a man to treat her like a queen, and Demetri is heaven sent...until inexplicable things begin to happen. When one of her sisters goes missing, and was last seen with Trent and Demetri, Shia suddenly realizes no one is who they appear to be. The seemingly normal world she and her sisters recreated is destroyed. Shia begins to realize that her parents' past deeds are coming back to haunt them all and no one can be trusted. It is unclear to Shia which man truly has her best interest - and safety - at heart. Staring at the wilted flower she calls life, she is slowly pulling back the layers to try to understand if He loves me, he loves you not...

My Review:
Started off interesting. It was a hint that the story was going to be psycho twisted. After the opener
the story settles into drama filled romance triangles. No that is not a typo, it is triangles.

Shia and Leigh are twins. They may look like each other but there personalities are differently different.
Their night at a club sets up a chain of events that will change everyone lives forever. Well, that's not fair. It
is actually the girls' mother who set things in motion but I won't get into that as it would ruin the surprise.

The characters are all emotionally unstable. I can't really get into why they are emotionally unstable as it
would probably ruin some of the drama of the book. What I can say is that after reading this book if you
know someone who has a problem letting go give them this. Hope that they see themselves in it. Get them help. Speak on it. Because even though there are some overly dramatized moments in this book there are just as many real moments. Many people have been beaten down over someone else's mate. Hey, it ain't right but it happens.

For those who think the story is too far fetched. Sorry to tell you but other than the kidnapping and murder I knew women who could not let go and would fight rather than let the man she think is hers go. And I know several men who have date the mother, the daughters, and the cousins. Unfortunately, I know of a mother who made it obvious she wanted some of the loving her daughter boyfriend was throwing down. As well as, sisters who have the same "baby daddy". There's no limit to how crazy drama can get.

The lesson to take away is that when someone makes it know that they don't want you then you let them go.


*There lost score here was the writing. There were misspelled words, tense changes, and punctuation errors that messed up the flow of the book.

Cover Candy 67

#lustingforcovers #covercandy #worthreadingit @Bunnitaz

Lusting For Covers a weekly meme, held on Sunday, that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession
with fellow book lovers hosted by TBQ's Book Palace

Follow Me Friday 9

#FF #FollowFriday

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This week question: 

Change the Plot. If you could, what book would you change the ending or a plot thread? Go ahead and do it…change it.

I can't think of any book where I would change the ending. So I will go to my fav standby, Harry Potter. There are people who didn't like the pairings at the end even though anyone could see that Harry and Ginny was always suppose to hook up same with Ron and Hermione. Thing one thing that left me hanging that I would have liked to have knows is what did Harry end up doing for a living. Did he do what he had to become and Auror? We know that he didn't end up working at Hogwarts because per a conversation with his son.

Valentine's Night Carlos and Aria by Trinity Wise

#humpday #shortstory
rating 4stars

From Amazon:
This novelette introduces the spicy couple, Aria Cambridge and Carlos "Stone" Wilkins, who by chance become re-acquainted at the most unlikeliest of places on the most ironic of days.
Carlos is a deeply-scarred bachelor who never expects to find anything interesting at Club Carnal on Valentine's Night but when Aria graces the stage, he is ensnared by her seductive dance.
Aria works as an exotic dancer named Plenty and is nothing short of surprised to see a face from her past. She is determined to show Carlos all that he missed out on but her plan goes awry as she realizes that she may be getting in way over her head while playing the game of seduction.

My Review:
This is a great short story. A few pages long, Wise fleshes out these characters pretty well. Carlos is sexy, confident, and cocky. He has it going on from his intelligence, looks, personality and he knows it. Aria is a stripper as a job but does not let it define her.

There is a definite story line. Carlos has been hurt by a previous relationship. Not wanting to go through the pain his ex had put him through, he became a woman juggling ladies man. The bachelor life is no longer as fun as it once was. He wants something more but with the hurt of a fail relationship on his mind it won't be easy for him to let someone get close again.

Aria had a big time crush on Carlos years ago. Realizing who he was once she had brought him up on stage during her act ignite old feelings in her. Could she be the one he falls in love with? That question is unknown. One thing is certain, the sexual chemistry between the two will leave them coming back for more.

Aaron aka Old Money has it all on the outside but his sense of entitlement made him off limits to Plenty. Not used to being turned down, he is angered when he is rejected again. When things get physical outside Club Carnal, Aaron swears vengeance.

This is a sexually explicit story. What is rare with this one? It is focus on Aria's pleasure only. So ladies take a few minutes to read a little something to get you in the mood. Oh, and fellas read it and take notes. Once is great but multiples are ooooohhhh so much better!